Railroad-track-securing device



July 2, 1929.

| v. NOUAILLE DEGORCE 1.719.536

RAILROAD TRACK SECURING DEVICE Filed Feb. 9, 1928- 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 July 2, 1929.

| v. H. NOUAILLE DEGORCE 1.719.536

RAILROAD TRACK SECURING DEVICE Filed Feb. 9, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 far/6722 022- 4621, %m%

Patented July 2, 1929 UNlT-E'D- ST AT-E 'S' RAILROAD-TRACK-SECURING DEVICE.

Application filed February 9, 1928, Serial No. 253,192, and in France February 15, 1927.

The object of the present invention is to provide simple means whereby railroad rails can be secured to metal sleepers without screws and bolts, and the invention consists in the provision of a clip which is adapted to bear against the rail foot and which is held in position by a trigger which is itself maintained in operative position under the weight of the rail and the sleeper by engagement with the road bed.

Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a side view of the complete device and shows the sleeper in longitudinal section,

Fig. 2, a top view of the arrangement,

Fig. 3, a side View of the clip,

Fig. 4, a view at right angles to Fig. 3,

Fig. 5, a top view of the clip,

Fig. 6 represents two views of the trigger at right angles to each other, and

Fig. 7 represents similar views of an anchoring plate.

According to the invention the railroad rails are secured to metal sleepers by means of clips 1 which bear from opposite sides against the foot of the rail. Each clip has a reduced portion 2 which engages in a slot in the sleeper and whereby it is fulcrumed at the edge of the slot. A nose piece 3 on the reduced portion 2 is situated under the fulcrum and is engaged by the hooked end of a trigger 4 which is brought up through a slot in the sleeper and which bears with a shoulder against the undersurface of the latter. The lower end of the trigger is in a downwardly projecting position relative to the sleeper and bears against the road bed. Thus the pressure produced by the weight of the rail and the sleeper will tend to hold the trigger in engagement with the clip and to clamp the latter to the rail foot, the clamping effect being increased on the rail being loaded. The upper end of the trigger 4 has a hook 5 whereby it is anchored to a plate 6. The latter is itself anchored to the sleeper by means of a lug 7 which engages in a slot in the sleeper and which is curved so as to allow the plate to be rocked about its inner end, the outer end of the plate being extended so as to form a handle 8 whereby such rockingqcan be effected.

The elements are maintained in the normal position, shown in Fig. 1, by the engagement of the trigger 4 with the road bed. If the rail is to be removed, the ground is cleared away from under the trigger 4 whereafter the anchoring plate 6, 8 can be used as a lever for rocking the trigger so as to release the clip 1. The lattercan then be turned into an upright position, the portion 2 being curved about the fulcrum so as to move readily in the slot. After a new rail has been placed on the sleeper and the fastening elements restored to operative position, they are locked in this position by packing up the road bed under the trigger 4.

In all the members of the device the main thrust is taken by the shoulders formed by the reduced portions. While the shoulders bear against one side of the sleeper, crosspins 9, applied to the reduced portions, are adapted to engage the under side of the sleeper so as to prevent the members from leaving the slots.

I claim:

1. A device for securing railroad rails to metal sleepers, comprising a clip 7 engaging in a slot in the sleeper and fulcrumed on the edge of said slot, the clip being adapted to bear normally against the foot of the rail, a nose-piece on said clip situated normally below the fulcrum, and a trigger anchored to the sleeper and engaging said nose-piece so as to prevent the clip from rocking,'said trigger being adapted to bear against the road bed so as to be maintained by the weight of the rail and the sleeper in operative position.

2. A device for securing railroad rails to metal sleepers, comprising a clip engaging in a slot in the sleeper and fulcrumed on the edge of said slot, the clip being adapted to. bear against the foot of the rail, a nosepiece on said clip situated normally below the fulcrum, an anchoring plate supported on the sleeper and formed with a lug engaging in a slot in the sleeper, a trigger brought 7 7 up through a slot in the sleeper and hooked at one end to the anchoring plate and at the other end to said nose-piece so as to prevent the clip from rocking, said trigger being fulcrumed on the sleeper and adapted to bear against the road bed so as to be maintained by the weight of the rail wherein the clip, the trigger and the anchoring plate are formed with shoulders for engagement with one side of the sleeper and fitted with cross-pins for engagement With the other side thereof.

LEON VICTOR HENRY NOUAILLE DEGORCE. 

